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代 is the word used to designate dynasties in Asia.
代 alone can mean generation; age; period; historical era; eon; world; society; reign; era. 代 comes after the name of the dynasty, for example, the Tang Dynasty is the “Tang Dai” in Chinese.
Some have suggested that the word dynasty comes from the Chinese word “dai” (as “dai” sounds like the first syllable of a dynasty). However, the word dynasty is derived from the Greek word δυναστεία (dunasteia) meaning lordship and/or domination.
Sometimes this word is used in a different context where it can mean to represent or substitute. In this case, it can mean representative of; on behalf of; acting for, e.g. to offer incense in place of another.
In ancient Japan, this could also be a “shiro” (a unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan or about 20 square miles).
A lot of people search our website for “white.” I am not sure of the purpose unless your family name is white.
白 is the universal character for white in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
In a certain context, outside of the white definition, it can mean snowy, empty, blank, bright, clear, plain, pure, or innocent. In Korean, this can be a family name romanized as Paek or Baeg.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your shiro search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
之浪 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
仔郎 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
仕郎 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
伎郎 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(personal name) Shirou |
伺朗 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
伺郎 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
偲郎 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(personal name) Shirou |
史楼 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
史琅 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
史路 see styles |
shiro しろ |
(given name) Shiro |
四朗 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
四漏 see styles |
sì lòu si4 lou4 ssu lou shiro |
four kinds of contamination |
四爐 四炉 see styles |
sì lú si4 lu2 ssu lu shiro |
The four furnaces, or altars of the esoteric cult, each differing in shape: earth, square; water, round; fire, triangular; wind, half-moon shape. |
四良 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
四露 see styles |
shiro しろ |
(personal name) Shiro |
士朗 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
士良 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
姿郎 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
子朗 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
子路 see styles |
zǐ lù zi3 lu4 tzu lu shiro しろ |
Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as Ji Lu 季路[Ji4 Lu4] (personal name) Shiro |
子郎 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
孜朗 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
孜郎 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
屍蝋 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
adipocere; grave wax; greying of the body fats of a corpse which rests in a moist but airless place (graying) |
師朗 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirō |
志彩 see styles |
shiiro / shiro しいろ |
(female given name) Shiiro |
志朗 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
志楼 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(personal name) Shirou |
志路 see styles |
shiro しろ |
(surname) Shiro |
志郎 see styles |
shirou / shiro しろう |
(male given name) Shirou |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Dynasty | 代 | dai | dài / dai4 / dai | tai |
White | 白 | shiro | bái / bai2 / bai | pai |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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